CCT218H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dewey Decimal Classification, Eiffel Tower, Colon Classification

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT218H5
• Professor: Steve Szigeti

Document Summary

Cct218 class 4 - copyright and intellectual property. A classification is a spatial, temporal or spatio-temporal segmentation of the world. Successful because it was able to catalogue all the lements and include other elements to be discovered. Intellectual property(ip) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce linked to the rise of capitalism. Monopoly and law are key elements; ip is anything that the law says is owned by. Its about creating incentive for financial benefit somebody for example; you are not allowed to take a picture of the eiffel tower at night because the lights are a part of copyright infringement. Ip discusses policies, laws, values, discussion of ideas, creativity and expression: has its own history and assumption of what knowledge is and who owns that knowledge. An app that pirated songs and became responsible for the loss of businesses that sold songs.